Thursday, June 24, 2010

Alexander at 2 months

A day in the life of Alexander:SleepNursePoopNurseSleepPeeNurseSleepPoopNursePeeSleepRinse and Repeat...

LOL! Well he does have happy alert time particularly in the mornings. He is cooing and laughing and loves to smile. He is very tolerant of Claire getting in his face and showing him books and toys way too close. He still sleeps more than he is awake. He is a great sleeper. He isn't a huge comfort nurser. He will take a Binky, which Claire never did. I am trying to switch between a Soothie and a Nuk so he doesn't favor one, and it didn't affect his latch at all. I waited until he was about 5 days to give him one. Mostly, I like it for the car so we don't have to deal with car screaming. I feel it's way better to have him sucking on a Binky than screaming. I know some of you out there hate them and think any type of plastic in a baby's mouth is going to kill them immediately, but it's so minimal, and let me tell you, it's so nice ;) Sometimes I really need an extra minute to set Claire with a snack or something before I can nurse him.

He doesn't sleep with a Binky at night. They only time I'd let him sleep with one is if we are out and about or in the car. They say sometimes breastfed babies will stop taking a Binky around 3-4 months which is a common time for bottle refusal, but we'll just wait and see what happens.

Monday we went to his 2 month check-up and his head measured 16.3 inches at the 80%. He is so long! He was 25.5 inches long which is at the 99% and he weighed 15.41 lbs. totally naked, no diaper. His checkup was really fast since I had no concerns other than I think his tear ducts may not be fully opened, particularly in the right eye. She said that most of the time they will open by 6 to 12 months. I notice his eyes get very goopy/crusty in the morning. Not just a little sleep, but lots and very wet. It doesn't seem to continue when he's awake though so it's not a severe case as she said, so it should fix itself with time. It's apparently very common?

He is wearing size 2 diapers, which he has been for about 4 weeks! The next time I'm going to buy 3s since they start at 16 lbs already! His sleepers are size 6-9 months. I actually pulled out a 9-12 month sized outfit and it fit great. I might just start packing away the 6 month stuff since he is so long. It's such a shame that he didn't get to wear a lot of smaller stuff. Luckily, we only got one gift that was too small that he never wore. How do you write a thank you for something the kid never wore? Don't people realize that babies are supposed to double their birth weight by 4 months and triple it by a year. That's flying through the sizes most of the time!